The animals featured in this portfolio were all photographed while they were waiting to be adopted from the humane society, animal shelter or horse rescue. It is important to show these personalities in a way that helps then connect with potential adopters. I currently spend about one day every work week devoted to helping these animals find homes.

I enjoy still life photography because working with flowers, wine bottles or other subjects allow me the opportunity to work at a slower and more considered pace.

Pictomicrographs

Stock images of pets photographed at Pima Animal Care Center in Tucson, AZ. Photographs in this gallery were created on location with either available light or with ambient light supplemented with a diffused flash.

Stock images of pets photographed at Pima Animal Care Center in Tucson, AZ. Photographs in this gallery were created with a white seamless background and studio lighting.

Images in this gallery are available for Rights Managed (RM) licensing through the Evostock agency. Licenses are available for purchase through the website and images are available for direct download. I am available for commissioned work - please contact me for a quote if you are unable to find a photograph that fits your exact needs. Images are available as instant JPG downloads (saved at maximum quality high-res). Please contact me if another file format better serves your needs.

Photos from my work with adoptable pets at the humane society and animal shelter. Please contact me for information on the animals featured.

Difficult to adopt dogs from the Tri-Cities Animal Shelter in Pasco, WA are used in the new Coyote Ridge Corrections Center dog training program. Inmate handlers train the dogs to at least the level of basic obedience before the dogs are again made available through the shelter. The program benefits the prisoners almost as much as it does the dogs.

The idea for this gallery was sparked by our heat wave last weekend - just as an out of town guest came to visit to see what Tucson was like for herself. The eight photo series was presented at www.instagram.com/maebepup. I've added a few outtakes. Spring loves a good photo adventure and was more than happy to participate. Maebe and Lyle - not so much.

Little Bit 2004 - 2006

These series were created as a way to explore the plastic nature of the picture plane. Photographs are two dimensional representations of a three dimensional world and no matter how much a photograph might look like it has depth, it is just an illusion.  Color, lines, form and even the way an image is composed all play a role in our perception of three dimensional space.

Landscape photography shot using a modified digital SLR camera. Images from this gallery are mostly from Kentucky and Washington.

October is adopt a shelter dog month and since I enjoy sharing throwback galleries in the first newsletter of the month, I thought I'd combine the two. This gallery includes some of the adoptable dogs I've photographed.

These images are available for Rights Managed licensing. All photographs of animals have property releases on file.

Landscape photographs from my travels in the Pacific Northwest.

The cats and dogs in this gallery are some of the adoptable animals I photographed this week at the Pima Animal Care Center in Tucson, AZ. For more information about these pets, please visit www.pima.gov/animalcare.

Adoptable cats, dogs, and rabbits photographed at the Pima Animal Care Center in Tucson, AZ by pet photographer Michael Kloth.

Portrait photography shot on location and in the studio.

Limited edition prints are available for select images from the book Shelter Cats. A percentage of each sale is donated to local animal rescue charities.